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20.03.2024
New NPPs from the Białowieza Forest (NE Poland) have been described by Dr. Marcelina Zimny (Zimny 2024). 20 NPPs with open access images under acronym BGS (=Białowieza Geobotanical Station) have been uploaded to the NPP-ID with kind permission of the Author and the Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
15.01.2024
An NPP catalog from Uruguay have been published by Leal et al (2021). Dr. Alejandra Leal kindly submitted NPP descritions and images to the NPP-ID. Please find them here under acronym UY (=Uruguay). 158 NPPs with 634 open access images have been uploaded with kind permission of the Authors and Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.
25.03.2023
Non-pollen palynomorphs mailing list is created for everyone interested in non-pollen palynomorphs.
This is a communication platform that aims to share information on new papers and meetings related to NPP research, ask your unknowns by the entire community, find collaborations on specific topics and overall networking. All communications from the NPP-ID will be done with this mailing list in the future.
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23.04.2022
The NPP-ID has been successfully transferred to a new hosting at the University of Göttingen. It has now a new domain: http://non-pollen-palynomorphs.uni-goettingen.de.
The database can be used as usual with your usual accounts.
21.03.2022
The 9th Workshop on Non-Pollen Palynomorphs that will be held 25-28 September 2022 at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland).
It will start on Sunday with the on-site registration and Icebreaker Party. Then it is planned to have a full day of oral and poster presentations. On Tuesday a field trip will take place, followed by dinner. Wednesday will be a day of the microscope session with invited specialists dealing with various organisms – potential NPPs.
If you are interested and would like to join the workshop, write an e-mail to Monika Karpińska-Kołaczek (monkar2@amu.edu.pl) by the end of April 2022.
07.03.2022
The European Pollen Database (EPD) is planning an in person meeting in Prague in June (1st-3rd) 2022, aiming to bring together palynologists and researchers using different proxies that
may be archived in Neotoma (macrofossils, sedaDNA, charcoal, geochemistry, isotopes).
You are invited to training workshops ranging from quantitative land cover reconstructions over
Non-Pollen Palynomorphs to several R-based sessions. Topics of keynotes lectures will spread over
the diverse proxies and interaction of the Neotoma community including aDNA and archaeobotany. A
poster session will give you the opportunity to showcase your own research.
All those interested please complete this form to register. The
accommodation of many attendants will be supported, depending on the number of applicants, career stage and country
of origin. Registration is free.
19.09.2021
New modern pollen and NPP records from India are published by Quamar and Stivrins (2021).
Dr. Mohd Firoze Quamar kindly submitted his images to the NPP-ID. New NPPs lack own acronyms, therefore, are recorded in the NPP-ID under NN (no number) acronym.
Open access to NPP images is kindly permitted by Palynology (10.09.2021).
31.08.2021
To the fifth anniversary of the NPP-ID we published an open access article “NPP-ID: Non-Pollen Palynomorph Image Database as a research and educational platform”. Please refer to this paper when you use the database in your work.
Up to now, the NPP-ID research group consists 212 registered scientists and the database offers information on 1,635 NPP-types including 2,172 images. About 10% of the images are open access. They have been submitted by research group members or were published in journals under Creative Commons licences.
We encourage palynologists to contribute to the further growth of the database by uploading their own microphotographs or drawings under an open access license. Contributors will be acknowledged by co-authorship in publications on updates of the NPP-ID.
24.06.2021
A book “Applications of Non-Pollen Palynomorphs: from Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions to Biostratigraphy” edited by Marret et al. is published by Geological Society of London, Special Publications 511. The printed version should come out in August-September 2021, while all papers are already available online:
O Keefe et al.: Why a new volume on non-pollen palynomorphs?
Shumilovskikh et al.: An overview of the taxonomic groups of non-pollen palynomorphs
Pound et al.: An overview of techniques applied to the extraction of non-pollen palynomorphs, their known taphonomic issues and recommendations to maximize recovery
O Keefe et al.: Nomenclature: how do we designate NPP taxa?
Nuñez Otaño et al.: Palaeomycology: a modern mycological view of fungal palynomorphs
McCarthy et al.: Non-pollen palynomorphs in freshwater sediments and their palaeolimnological potential and selected applications
Andrews et al.: Testate amoebae as non-pollen palynomorphs in pollen slides: usefulness and application in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Mudie et al.: Marine dinocysts, acritarchs and less well-known NPP: tintinnids, ostracod and foraminiferal linings, copepod and worm remains
Gauthier & Jouffroy-Bapicot: Detecting human impacts: non-pollen palynomorphs as proxies for human impact on the environment
van Asperen et al.: Coprophilous fungal spores: non-pollen palynomorphs for the study of past megaherbivores
Denison: Stratigraphic and sedimentological aspects of the worldwide distribution of Apectodinium in Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum deposits
Wellman and Ball: Early land plant phytodebris
Agić and Cohen: Non-pollen palynomorphs in deep time: unravelling the evolution of early eukaryotes
09.03.2021
New NPPs were described from Baltic, Bitterfeld and Ukranian ambers under acronyms BAA, BFA and UKA by Halbwachs et al (2021).
Hans Halbwachs kindly submitted his images to the NPP-ID. Please find them here.
Open access to NPP images is kindly permitted by Palynology (31.01.2021).
30.07.2020
A chapter on NPP analysis by Shumilovskikh and van Geel just came out in a book edited by Amanda Henry Handbook for the Analysis of Micro-Particles in Archaeological Samples.
This handbook provides a resource for those already familiar with some kinds of micro-particles who wish to learn more about others, or for those just starting out in the study of microremains who wish to have a broad understanding about microscopic archaeology. Topics covered in this handbook include diatom microfossils, starch granules, pollen grains, phytoliths, natural fibers, volcanic glass, minerals, insect remains, and feathers.
20.05.2020
An updated version of the NPP Gallery is online. Now all available microphotographs in the database are on your display. We hope it will make your NPP identification work easier.
Enjoy!
20.02.2020
IPC NPP session M04 "Extra microfossils in pollen slides: from environmental indicators to biotic interactions".
This session focuses on bringing together scientists exploring NPPs in a broad range of disciplines, including modern ecology, palaeoecology, palaeopalynology, forensic science and aerobiology to share their newly gained knowledge.
You can submit your abstract until 31 March 2020 through the conference website.
Session M04 "Extra microfossils in pollen slides: from environmental indicators to biotic interactions":
Non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) represent a large, heterogeneous group of organism remains that appear as “extra microfossils” in pollen slides. Taxonomically, NPPs belong to a wide variety of fungi, animals, algae, and plants. Although many NPPs still remain unknown, they provide essential ecological information that can be used to interpret environmental and landscape changes in the past. NPPs record former environmental conditions, allowing assessment of trophic stage, moisture conditions, dry phases, pastoral activities, disturbances and erosion in the study area. Furthermore, they represent an essential tool for tracing biotic interactions in the last several thousands to millions of years. Identification of NPPs, improvements in understanding their ecological meaning, critical evaluation of their indicative values, biases and limitations of these proxies, are crucial questions for palaeoecological reconstructions. We welcome presenters exploring NPPs in a broad range of disciplines, including modern ecology, palaeoecology, palaeopalynology, forensic science and aerobiology to share their newly gained knowledge.
28.06.2019
New NPP papers:
- Stivrins N, Cerina A, Gałka M, Heinsalu A, Lõugas L, Veski S (2019) Large herbivore population and vegetation dynamics 14,600–8300 years ago in central Latvia, northeastern Europe. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 266: 42-51.
- Stivrins N, Aakala T, Ilvonen L, Pasanen L, Kuuluvainen T, Vasander H, Gałka M, Disbrey HR, Liepins J, Hölmström L, Seppä H (2019) Integrating fire-scar, charcoal and fungal spore data to study fire events in the boreal forest of northern Europe. The Holocene in press DOI: 10.1177/0959683619854524.
- Perrotti AG, van Asperen E (2019) Dung fungi as a proxy for megaherbivores: opportunities
and limitations for archaeological applications. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 28: 93-104.
18.04.2019
NPP database is operating as a Project now. Open use is restricted. In order to use the full version of the database, please log in.
13.03.2019
NPP workshop will take place during the Pollen Monitoring Program meeting in Riga, 20-23 August 2019.
Deadline for registration is on the 20th March 2019.
14.02.2019
New NPP papers included in the literature database:
Tunno I, Mesing SA (2017) The value of non-pollen palynomorphs in interpreting paleoecological change in the Great Basin (Nevada, USA). Quaternary Research 87: 529-543.
Pound MJ, O Keefe JMK, Nuñez Otaño NB, Riding JB (2019) Three new Miocene fungal palynomorphs from the Brassington Formation, Derbyshire, UK. Palynology, DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2018.1473300.
13.02.2019
*** at request of Encarni Montoya ***
VIII Workshop on Non-Pollen Palynomorphs
The VIII Workshop on Non-Pollen Palynomorphs (NPPs) will be held in Barcelona and it will consist of a joint event between phytoliths and NPPs. The workshop will be from 15th to 19th July 2019, with events at the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and the Insitute of Earth Sciences Jaume ALmera (CSIC).
The phytoliths days (15-17th July) will consist of an introductory workshop to learn the use and applications of phytoliths in archaeological and palaeoeoclogical reserach and it will be leaded by Prof. Marco Madella (UPF).
The NPPs section of the workshop (17-19th July) will keep the same structure as previous workshops, with oral and poster contributions, as well as microscope session and final round table for discussion.
For more detailed information, about the registration and abstracts submission deadlines, please visit the webpage.
21.10.2018
New NPP papers published in 2018 to algal palynomorphs :
McCarthy FMG, Riddick NL, Volik O, Danesh DC, Krueger AM (2018) Algal palynomorphs as proxies of human impact on freshwater resources in the Great Lake region. Anthropocene 21: 16-31.
Stivrins N, Soininen J, Tõnno I, Freiberg R, Veski S, Kisand V (2018) Towards understanding the abundance of non-pollen palynomorphs: A comparison of fossil algae, algal pigments and sedaDNA from temperate lake sediments. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 249: 9-15.
A list of papers using NPP in multi-proxy approach :
Enevold R, Rasmussen P, Løvschal M, Olsen J, Odgaard BV (2018) Circumstantial evidence of non-pollen palynomorph palaeoecology: a 5,500 year NPP record from forest hollow sediments compared to pollen and macrofossil inferred palaeoenvironments. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, in press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-018-0687-6
Jones SE, Burjachs F, Ferrer-García C, Giralt S, Schulte L, Fernández-López de Pablo J (2018) A multi-proxy approach to understanding complex responces of salt-lake catchments to climate variability and human pressure: A Late Quaternary case study from south-eastern Spain. Quaternary Science Reviews 184: 201-223.
Bosi G, Labate D, Rinaldi R, Montecchi MC, Mazzanti M, Torri P, Riso FM, Mercuri AM (2018) A survey of the Late Roman period (3rd-6th century AD): Pollen, NPPs and seeds/fruits for reconstructing environmental and cultural changes after the floods in Northern Italy. Quaternary International, in press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-018-0687-6
21.09.2018
A new NPP gallery is on-line. Please test it and enjoy!
23.03.2018
New papers evaluating using of Sporormiella and other NPP in palaeoreconstructions:
Etienne D, Wilhelm B, Sabastier P, Reyss J-L, Arnaud F (2013) Influence of sample location and livestock numbers on Sporormiella concentrations and accumulation rates in surface sediments of Lake Allos, French Alps. Journal of Paleolimnology 49: 117-127.
Etienne D, Jourffroy-Bapicot I (2014) Optimal counting limit for fungal spore abundance estimation using Sporormiella as a case study. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 23: 743-749.
Doyen E, Etienne D (2017) Ecological and human land-use indicator value of fungal spore morphotypes and assemblages. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 26: 357-367.
23.03.2018
New NPP papers published in 2016 and 2017 and included in the NPP literature database:
Hawksworth DL, van Geel B, Wiltshire PEJ (2016) The enigma of the Diporotheca palynomorph. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 235: 94-98.
Revelles J, van Geel B (2016) Human impact and ecological changes in lakeshore environments. The contribution of non-pollen palynomorphs in Lake Banyoles (NE Iberia). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 232, 81-97.
Revelles J, Burjachs F, van Geel B (2016) Pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs from the Early Neolithic settlement of La Draga (Girona, Spain). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 225, 1-20.
van Asperen EN, Kirby JR, Hunt CO (2016) The effect of preparation methods on dung fungal spores: Implications for recognition of megafaunal populations. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 229: 1-8.
Expósito I, Burjachs F, Allué E (2017) Filling in the gaps: The contribution of non-pollen palynomorphs to knowledge about the local environment of the Sierra de Atapuerca caves during the Pleistocene. Quaternary International 433, 224-242.
Ghosh R, Paruya DK, Acharya K, Ghorai N, Bera S (2017) How reliable are non-pollen palynomorphs in tracing vegetation changes and grazing activities? Study from the Darjeeling Himalaya, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 475: 23-40.
Musotto LL, Borromei AM, Bianchinotti MV, Coronato A (2017) Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of central Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) based on pollen and fungi. Quaternary International 442: 13-25.
Rodríguez-Zorro PA, Lima da Costa M, Behling H (2017) Mid-Holocene vegetation dynamics with an early expansion of Mauritia flexuosa palm trees inferred from the Serra do Tepequém in the savannas of Roraima State in Amazonia, northwestern Brazil. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 26:455-468.
van Asperen E (2017) Fungal diversity on dung of tropical animals in temperate environments: Implications for reconstructing past megafaunal populations. Fungal Ecology 28: 25-32.
12.01.2018
NPP session # 28 "Filling the gaps about non-pollen palynomorph ecological significance" at the EPPC 2018 in Dublin, Ireland:
Since first introduced 40 years ago, the description and analysis of terrestrial organic-walled microfossils other than pollen, moss and fern spores from pollen slides have enabled to further explore past environmental conditions, such as relating human activities and landscape. Many of the so called non-pollen palynomorphs have been identified and their ecological significance specified, thus providing valuable additional information to classical palaeo-ecological studies. However, the ecology of many described types is still unknown. The very nature of NPPs is multi-disciplinary. More than ever is it necessary to combine efforts of experts from a broad scale of domains to develop the NPPs’ vast potential.
The objective of this session is to make a leap forward regarding our understanding of the significance of current or new palynomorphs. By comparing the occurrence of new or poorly known NPP taxa with the ecological conditions reconstructed from other proxies, multi-disciplinary studies are likely to reveal the ecological requirements of these types. During this anniversary session, we would like to emphasise such studies in order to shed new light about the ecological value of NPPs. We believe this will serve and extend the interpretation of future studies. To this aim, we welcome proposals that unveil so far unsuspected value to new or known NPPs from any taxonomical group. We encourage proposals covering large time scales within the Quaternary period, but also studies on modern assemblages.
abtract submission
23.07.2017
New NPP paper "Non-pollen palynomorphs notes: 2. Holocene record of Megalohypha aqua-dulces, its relation to the fossil form genus Fusiformisporites and association with lignicolous freshwater fungi" by Shumilovskikh et al. is on-line. The link for free download is working until September 02, 2017.
20.06.2017
Here is the call for papers for the Association for Environmental Archaeology meeting being held in Edinburgh, UK in December 2017: http://www.ed.ac.uk/history-classics-archaeology/news-events/events/call-for-proposals-aea
12.06.2017
The VII Workshop on Non-Pollen Palynomorphs started today. Exciting talks and posters, several microscopic sessions and round-table discussion will take place in Liverpool, UK from 12th to 14th of June 2017. Further details here: http://workshop7nonpollen.uk/grants-in-aid/
24.04.2017
Funding to support early career researchers for participation of the NPP meeting are available: http://workshop7nonpollen.uk/grants-in-aid/
14.04.2017
The VII Workshop on Non-Pollen Palynomorphs will take place in Liverpool, UK from 12th to 14th of June 2017. Deadline for abstract submission is the 14th of May 2017. More information at the workshop webpage: http://workshop7nonpollen.uk/
18.02.2016
There is a session on Non-Pollen Palynomorphs (SS16) at the XIV IPC / X IOPC in Salvador (Brazil): http://www.ipciopcbrazil.com/sessions/
We would be happy to get your contributions!